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Sometime in July -- I believe -- -KJDunwoody- started a BBS post seeking authors to make parts for a collab based on Gary Jules' "Mad World". Yes we know the song was originally done by Tears for Fears, but we used Gary Jules version because that's what KJ picked.
Several people responded, and the response was mixed -- people were either excited to be involved for love of the movie Donnie Darko, or felt obligated to flame the collab because the author didn't have a 3.00+ BA.
In late August I came onboard with this collab -- a full month into production. -KJDunwoody- had gotten it started, but was floundering a bit -- some authors were flaking out and others were turning out abject rejects. Needless to say several artists from NG leaped in and saved what was looking to be a very interesting project. I contributed quite a lot of time to this project -- far more than I had expected -- and I'm happy to say it's finally done.
There are 25 people that should be mentioned here, they are as follows (in order of appearance in the collab):
Helbereth (I hate repeating my name here...)
Shmickname
MFProd
Andie Ciambotti
Mushroomboy5
Pigsk8s
Cybex
_darx_
XoSs
FoxCatO
HeRetiK
BlackMarketKraig
Greedoms
TheMythicBrother
Jedi-Hampster
Joem
Renaenae
GuntherSwanh
Threetrees
KJDunwoody (The original creator)
patrick_majewski
Starogre
KillMoochie
Stereoflash
daagah
There are also several people who I should mention. Numerous people submitted clips for the collab, but were either rejected or beaten out by other parts -- or just came in too late. To all those people, I apologize for lacking the KB to make an outtakes section.
Special thanks go to BlackMarketKraig, FoXcatO, ReNaeNae, Joem and Threetrees -- the early versions of your clips are what hooked me on this collab in the first place.
Well if you're still reading (I doubt it), enjoy the collab! Check the authors section for some author details and URL links to various author-supported sites.